2018 Award Winners

The following awards were presented at the 2018 banquet dinner.

The Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation is presented by the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) each year to recognize a researcher or scientist whose work has contributed to advancements in the competitiveness and sustainability of the Canadian beef industry. The award was established by the BCRC in 2015. To be eligible, nominees must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants actively involved in research of benefit to the Canadian beef industry within the past 5 years. Benefit to the Canadian beef industry must be evident in a strong research program aligned with industry priorities, a demonstrated passion and long-term commitment through leadership, teamwork, and mentorship, involvement in ongoing education and training (where applicable), and active engagement with industry stakeholders.

The 2018 recipient was Dr. Eugene Janzen from the University of Calgary.

As stewards of a vast portion of the Canadian landscape, Canada’s beef cattle producers play a significant role in protecting and enhancing the environment. They continuously strive to improve existing stewardship conservation practices to create a sustainable future – always farming for tomorrow.
Since 1996, TESA has recognized producers who go above and beyond standard industry conservation practices and set positive examples for other cattle producers and the public. At the local level, a producer receives provincial recognition for their outstanding contributions. These recipients move forward as nominees for national recognition from the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA). The national TESA recipient is announced during the semi-annual meeting at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference. Each nominee exemplifies significant innovation and attention to a wide range of environmental stewardship aspects in their farm operation. Such innovations extend beneficially to areas far beyond their land, including water, wildlife and air.

The 2018 PROVINCIAL RECIPIENTS AND NOMINEES FOR THE NATIONAL TESA AWARD WERE

The winner of the 2018 Environmental Sustainability Award went to Brian and Sonja Harper, Circle H Farms, Brandon, MB

Read more about Sonia and Brian’s purebred cow-calf operation and their animal and land management practices.

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To our beef industry family: As 2020 unfolds and we enter unknown territory our event has had to adapt with it. 2020 CBIC will now be offered as a free virtual conference and we are postponing our full event to Aug 17-19th, 2021 in Penticton...